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Raul Esteves

Chemical & Engineering News: Science & Technology - Globalization Of Science Rolls On - 0 views

  • Growth of scientific literature remains strong, while the world of science continues to flatten
  • Growth in the number of U.S. papers was a more modest 33,000, or 19%, from 178,000 in 1988 to 211,000 in 2003. From 1991 to 2002, there was no sustained growth. Annual totals held at between 194,000 and 203,000 and were at 196,000 for 2002. The 2003 total moved up to 211,000 for the biggest annual gain in many years.
  • The data on the papers in ACS journals come from a program that has expanded from 19 journals in 1988 to 33 in 2005 and so have a substantially higher growth rate than for chemistry itself.
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  • Chemistry's share of scientific papers varies widely by nation. In 2003, chemistry claimed 26.6% of the papers from India, 25.5% of those from Eastern Europe and the nations of the former Soviet Union
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Does Globalization of the Scientific/Engineering Workforce Threaten U.S. Economic Leade... - 0 views

  • U.S. share of the world's science and engineering graduates is declining rapidly as European and Asian universities, particularly from China, have increased S&E degrees while US degree production has stagnated.
  • The job market has worsened
  • Populous low income countries such as China and India can compete with the US in high tech by having many S&E specialists although those workers are a small proportion of their work force
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  • threatens to undo the "North-South" pattern of trade in which advanced countries dominate high tech while developing countries specialize in less skilled manufacturing.
  • the US will have to develop new labor market and R&D policies that build on existing str
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No tax breaks for outsourcing jobs: Barack Obama - The Times of India - 0 views

  • No company should get a tax break for outsourcing jobs. Instead, tax breaks should go to manufacturers who set up shop here at home. Bigger tax breaks should go to high-tech manufacturers who create the jobs of the future
  • The Indian IT sector, which gets 60 per cent of its export revenue from the US, has come out strongly against US moves to stop outsourcing.
  • "Meanwhile, America is more productive than ever. And companies like Boeing are realising that even when we can't make things cheaper than China, we can make things better. That's how we're going to compete globally," Obama said. Obama said Boeing's business right now is booming. Last year, orders for commercial aircraft rose by more than 50 per cent.
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Can Globalization and Environmental Sustainability Co-exist? | DoItYourself.com - 0 views

  • This is purely theoretical, though. In practice, powerful nations can come to control less powerful ones through conquest, either economic or military. In the age of globalization
  • , labor has become the comparative advantage of less prosperous nations. This is one of the reasons why so many jobs that once belonged to Americans go to China and India, Vietnam and Mexico–their laborers will work for less.
  • environmental sustainability
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  • industrial jobs have left the most developed nations is because of the environmental regulations their governments have imposed. In order to protect the environment, strict limitations are placed on pollution and waste
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How Does Outsourcing Affect the U.S. Economy? - 0 views

  • Again, inability to find work means inability to purchase homes, spend money, and profit companies
  • greater desire to outsource to make things more cheaply so they will be more attractive to consumers.
  • Further, many argue that giving jobs to workers in less developed countries improves those countries economically and increases trade for US products.
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  • There is another “side” to the issue of outsourcing that needs to be addressed. Not all people in other countries economically benefit from outsourced jobs, and some companies aren’t dedicated to providing humane working conditions. Outsourced work may be performed by children, or in inhumane working conditions. Abuses
  • of foreign employees might not benefit US trade or political relationships.
  • Outsourcing remains a difficult issue, but it does remain. Virtually no one, on any side of the argument concedes that outsourcing can be eliminated completely
  • corporations are evading taxes and depriving the government of needed money and suggest corporations should be taxed for outsourcing, and rewarded for keeping jobs within the US. Others feel the temporary loss of jobs will be followed by greater economic growth in the US and will ultimately be worth the cost.
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Xerox Helps Healthcare Providers, Payers and States Prioritize Patient Safety - MarketW... - 1 views

  • s more on what matters most: their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox
  • Xerox offers business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, healthcare solutions, HR benefits management, finance support, transportation solutions, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide
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    Xerox offers business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, healthcare solutions, HR benefits management, finance support, transportation solutions, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide.
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